China carries big risks for investors, money manager suggests

Investors may want to reduce their exposure to the world’s largest emerging market. Perth Tolle, who’s the founder of Life + Liberty Indexes, warns China’s capitalism model is unsustainable. “I think the thinking used to be that their capitalism would lead to democracy,” she told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Economic freedom is a necessary, but not sufficient … Read more

Earnings from Nvidia, Dell and Home Depot

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday walked investors through next week on Wall Street and highlighted earnings reports from Home Depot as well as tech giants Nvidia and Dell. He also discussed the market’s decline over the past few sessions — especially the poor performance of formerly-hot growth stocks — predicting investors haven’t seen the end … Read more

Steve Cohen says tariffs, DOGE’s cuts are negative for economy

Steve Cohen, chairman and CEO of Point72, speaking to CNBC on April 3, 2024. CNBC Billionaire investor Steve Cohen doubled down on his negative view of the U.S. economy due to a backdrop of punitive tariffs, immigration crackdown and federal spending cuts spearheaded by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. The chairman and CEO of … Read more

The biggest investor self-defeating mistakes in trying to beat market

Index investing pioneer Charley Ellis says what gave rise to the success of the index fund remains true today: “It’s virtually impossible to beat the market,” he told CNBC’s Bob Pisani on last Monday’s “ETF Edge.” But Ellis warns of another hurdle just as high as active management’s long-term underperformance that holds back many investors: … Read more

Chinese businesses rush to try DeepSeek AI at ‘unprecedented’ scale

BEIJING — Chinese businesses are tapping DeepSeek’s newest artificial intelligence model to see how it can improve productivity. The Chinese AI model took the world by storm in recent weeks after showcasing its reasoning process and claims to undercut rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT on cost — despite U.S. restrictions on Chinese access to the advanced semiconductors … Read more

Flexport CEO breaks down the complex, uncertain global trade landscape

As the market reels from ever-changing news about President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen detailed how his customers are dealing with a volatile global trade environment in a Monday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “It’s very hard to plan a supply chain when it’s changing day to day, so I think it’s … Read more

Steve Cohen says AI will be decadeslong theme

Steve Cohen, chairman and CEO of Point72, speaking to CNBC on April 3, 2024. CNBC MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Billionaire investor Steve Cohen is standing by his long-term bullish view of artificial intelligence despite the wild volatility recently, saying the transformational shift could take decades to realize. “This is a 10- to 20-year theme. It’s … Read more

Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest drop ever

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU (L) and a RTX 5000 laptop as he delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025.  Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia lost close to $600 billion in market cap … Read more

Chinese AI applications are looking to move beyond chatbots

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A slew of releases last week demonstrate how Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and ByteDance have moved quickly with artificial intelligence models that compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now, many companies in China are increasingly building on that foundation … Read more

There’s a popular tech stock washout Monday as Palantir, Nvidia, Rigetti Computing drop

Dominika Zarzycka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Technology stocks popular with retail investors tumbled Monday as investors took profits on their 2024 winners and dumped the more speculative names in an environment of rising interest rates. Nvidia slumped 2%. Palantir dropped 4%, while quantum computing winner Rigetti Computing plunged about 33%. Last year’s Nasdaq winner … Read more